David Cameron: Firms must crack down on illegal migrants May 21, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron took his hardest line yet on illegal immigration this morning, when he introduced sweeping legislation cracking down not only on foreign workers, but on the landlords, banks and employers that help them as well. In a speech today in Westminster, Cameron said the Queen’s Speech will include an immigration bill intended to [...]
EU migration rules: This is how resettled refugees would be allocated to each country May 13, 2015 This morning the European Commission outlined its emergency migration measures, designed to reduce the number of people making their way across the Mediterranean on boats. The plans included four "pillars" to stem the flow of people making the perilous journey, including a resettlement programme, funded with €50m of EU money, under which as many as [...]
General Election 2015: WPP founder Sir Martin Sorrell wants a UK version of the Chinese Five Year Plan and an acknowledgement that immigration benefits the economy May 5, 2015 ELECTION COUNTDOWN: 1 DAY TO GO We have been asking a business leader each day to say what policies would entice them to vote for a particular party. SIR MARTIN SORRELL: FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF WPP 1. Articulate a practical overall economic plan covering, among other things, education, infrastructure investment (hard [...]
Leading business group backs Ed Miliband’s plan to scrap arbitrary immigration targets April 28, 2015 Ed Miliband has received a ringing endorsement from one of the country's leading business groups for Labour's immigration stance. Labour have said they will not set out a specific immigration target to reduce the net inflow of people coming to the UK differentiating themselves from both the Tories and Ukip. This is welcome news to [...]
General Election 2015: Icap CEO Michael Spencer wants a balanced immigration policy and an end to wealth creator persecution April 27, 2015 ELECTION COUNTDOWN: 9 DAYS TO GO Every day until the final week of the election campaign, we ask a business leader to say what policies would entice them to vote for a particular party. MICHAEL SPENCER: CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ICAP ■ Focus on the Economy Since 2010 the UK economy has done much better than [...]
It’s crunch time for the UK’s skills shortage: Our politicians must wake up April 26, 2015 Following the launch of the election manifestos, voters will be looking to understand exactly where each party is positioned on key issues from immigration and foreign policy to the NHS. Yet there is one area which still needs particular attention: addressing the UK’s skills shortages. This means making sure that British businesses have the right [...]
Britain’s anti-immigration arms race could make the housing crisis worse April 16, 2015 With the polls still tight, the battle between the two main political parties over who has the strongest policy on controlling immigration is reaching its peak. Yet the contest to be crowned toughest on immigration threatens to jeopardise efforts to address one of the other big issues of the election campaign – the chronic shortage [...]
General Election 2015: Ukip’s immigration policy will create “a shrinking and ageing” population, claims leading economist April 16, 2015 Ukip's stance on immigration has come under fire by a leading economist and expert on the issue, who claims there is no evidence to support the argument that they overburden public resources. Michael Ben-Gad, a professor at City University in London and author of a Treasury-funded report on immigration and fiscal policy, claimed the so-called [...]
This pro-immigration group has launched a nationwide poster campaign April 9, 2015 If you're fed up with the anti-immigration rhetoric surrounding this year's General Election … (ahem, Ukip) then here's a group that's actually doing something about it. The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), which consistently campaigns against discrimination, is spending £44,000 on posters highlighting the importance of immigrants to British society. "The poster campaign [...]
Migration-led diversity is good for communities, report says April 7, 2015 IMMIGRATION is a boon for the economy and higher levels of ethnic diversity can actually improve social cohesion, the Adam Smith Institute will argue today. In a new report published today, the free-market think tank has sought to tackle head-on the contentious issue of immigration and its effects on Britain’s social fabric. Looking at London-focused [...]